Shulin Lee
Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Title: Effects of curcumin supplementation on muscle damage and anti-oxidant in sarcopenia elderly
Biography
Biography: Shulin Lee
Abstract
Curcumin is a major component of turmeric and is commonly used as a spice and food-coloring agent. The desirable preventive or putative therapeutic properties of curcumin in animal studies have been considered to be associated with its antioxidant capacity and protective effect on exercise induced muscle damage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of curcumin supplementation on muscle mass, muscle damage, and anti-oxidant in sarcopenia elderly. Subjects required to receive 8 weeks of curcumin supplementation and exercise training, before and after 8 weeks completion of the body composition, functional fitness, blood anti-oxidation and anti-inflammatory marker of the test.
Results: There was not improvement in muscle mass and functional fitness after 8 weeks intervention, while the activity of antioxidant enzymes SOD, GPx, and Catalase increased, but there was not significant difference between before and after intervention. Muscle damage marker LDH after intervention was significantly lower than before intervention (p <0.05). The above results showed that 8 weeks curcumin supplemented with exercise training can significantly improve the muscle damage.